Term Management Tools
by scribu · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 26 other plugins · 26.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk.
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Health
B 78/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin”, “category” and “tag” for “task management”, “management” and “page management”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “task management” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “category” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “management” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tag” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “page management” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
78 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 526.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 324 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 76 reviews, smoothed to 4.58★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| term your tag | #6 | #4 | 0 |
| management tool | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| convert taxonomy term | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| task management | #9 | #8 | down 1 |
| move taxonomy term | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| management | #20 | #13 | down 2 |
| custom taxonomy term hierarchy | #9 | #8 | 0 |
| terms | #23 | #9 | up 1 |
| merge | #24 | #17 | — |
| admin tools | #22 | #17 | down 3 |
| page management | #23 | #17 | — |
| site management | #24 | #18 | — |
| category management | #16 | #12 | down 3 |
| to do management | #19 | #13 | 0 |
| taxonomy term | #18 | #12 | down 1 |
| tag management | #21 | #15 | down 5 |
| post management | #22 | #18 | 0 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 21 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin”, “category” and “tag” for “task management”, “management” and “page management”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “task management” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “category” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “management” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tag” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “page management” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 10.7K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v2.0.2 · 11 Dec 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 2.8 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 11 May 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ swdgr8mo ago
Saves you a lot of time if you wish to merge many categories into one.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cory Lamle3.2y ago
Excellent work! It saved me hours from having to write a bunch of SQL scripts!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sunny3.4y ago
Essential for when you need to move terms around
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ potel4.1y ago
I was looking for a plugin for hours that had exactly this functionality, to be able to organize the categories of a third-party project, I was even afraid it wouldn’t work because it was very old but it worked perfectly! Thanks for creating something like this!! You saved me!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Андрей4.8y ago
Thx for good plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nielsmyname5.4y ago
Super plugin! Works great. Thank you so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Madovsky5.4y ago
Install this plugin if you have complex hierarchy of product categories (more than 20).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ strarsis5.5y ago
Incredibly useful and well maintained plugin that has always worked flawlessly for many years now! And it works with WooCommerce product attribute taxonomy terms! This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by strarsis. This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by strarsis.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.2 Confirmed php suppoprt up to php8.4 Confirmed WordPress support up to v6.9 2.0.2
- — Version 2.0.1 FIX: a WPML translation that only exists in a single site non-primary language was not being migrated correctly 2.0.1
- — Version 2.0.0 under new management by @theMikeD 🙂 full code refactoring inline documentation user documentation clean phpcs using WordPress-Extra unit/integration tests, all of which pass term cache clearing now actually works for th 2.0.0
- — Version 1.1.4 improved taxonomy cache cleaning. props Mustafa Uysal added ‘term_management_tools_term_changed_taxonomy’ action hook. props Daniel Bachhuber fixed redirection for taxonomies attached to custom post types. props Thomas B 1.1.4
- — Version 1.1.3 preserve term hierarchy when switching taxonomies. props Chris Caller 1.1.3
- — Version 1.1.2 added ‘term_management_tools_term_merged’ action hook. props Amit Gupta 1.1.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 59 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 35 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,531 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "category" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-04 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1009 days in tier
- 2022-03-01 10K+ → 20K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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